Psalm 26:1-8
26:1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the
LORD without wavering.
26:2 Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and mind.
26:3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.
26:4 I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites;
26:5 I hate the company of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
26:6 I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar, O LORD,
26:7 singing aloud a song of thanksgiving, and telling all your wondrous deeds.
26:8 O LORD, I love the house in which you dwell, and the place where your glory
abides.
Comments:
The psalmist asks God to test him. He writes, "Prove me and test me..." He is so sure he will remain faithful. I keep hearing Lancelot sing (Camelot), "Had I been made the partner of Eve we'd be in Eden still." Lancelot didn't remain a man of integrity. Job didn't ask to be tested, but he DID remain a man of integrity. How DID he do it? Life tests all of us, gives us some things and takes other things away. I want to be strong, like Job; humble and kind, like Jesus...and therefore I make the pilgrimage to the communion table with all of my weak brothers and sisters in the faith praying that an ounce of grape juice and a pinch of bread will bring Christ back to the center of all my whole life (my marriage, my parenting, my work, my play). World Communion Sunday gives me so much hope...not simply because Jesus holds the world in his hands, but because so many people are looking to Jesus for love and guidance and grace. These are early thoughts... revdlk in ne
revdlk in me - I like what you say about the "pilgrimmage to the Lord's Table." I'm starting to hone in on the concept of "pioneer" from the Epistle reading. What pioneering steps we make to kneel at the Lord's table and feast at the Heavenly Banquet!
Sally in GA
